Introduction
Email-Webhook receives email on your behalf and immediately forwards it to an HTTP endpoint you control โ sender, subject, body, and attachments delivered as a JSON payload, just like any other webhook.
No IMAP polling. No MIME parsing. No persistent process to run.
Where to go next
- What is an Email Webhook? โ how the model works, what the payload looks like, and when to use it instead of IMAP polling.
- Getting Started โ sign up, create your first webhook, and receive a live delivery in five minutes.
- Choosing an HTTP Method โ when to use POST vs GET and what changes between them.
- Authenticating Your Endpoint โ add a custom header so only email-webhook can call your endpoint.
- Debugging with Message Logs โ trace individual deliveries and inspect request details.
- Privacy and Data Retention โ what we store and for how long.
Deep dive guides:
- AI and LLM Pipelines โ how to feed incoming email into a prompt and generate an AI-powered response.